the proceedings against the American Consul, Keenan, on the charge of being concerned in the rescue of Captain Nichols, but information, though not official, had just been received that the prosecution has been abandoned.
On the correspondence which took place between Commodore Abbot and Captain (Commodore) (One?) Cluney, of the United States Navy, in command in the China Seas, and the British Authorities at Hong Kong, I will merely remark that the Officers appear to have adopted the views of the United States form(?) in relation to his sole jurisdiction over American Merchant Vessels(?) in the harbour of Hongkong, and expressed a determination to sustain him in his ...(?) but it does not appear that they...
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Keenan, the Américan Consul, on the charge of being concerned in the rescue of Captain Nichols, but information though not official, had just been received that the prosecution has been abandone
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